Well Brian (
BrianGSDTexoma
) you've mentioned a few times recently that you miss the homemade pasta dishes. Well my friend, this one is for you buddy 
As hot as it's been recently it's been difficult to get motivated to do much of anything except hang out in the pool sipping margaritas. We finally got a reprieve a couple days ago and the temp dropped to 98. We broke out the fur parkas, turned the furnace on, and I decided to make some fresh Semolina pasta, the recipe which I got from our good friend
sawhorseray
and it is flawless. Perfect pasta every time and WAY better than store bought.
Only had 2 eggs so just a half batch. It was enough for two meals though. The dough ball.
Portioned out two 115 gram balls to roll into lasagna.
Here are the two sheets of pasta.
Hang on the drying rack for a bit.
Trim both pieces of pasta so they are more consistent then cut in half. Add marinara and the 4 cheeses.
Defrost a package of my homemade sweet Italian sausage.
I made relief cuts in the sausages so they would lay flat then sliced lengthwise. Into a skillet with a little oil.
When the sausage is lightly cooked, lay a piece on each length of lasagna.
Roll them up gently and place into a baking dish.
Cover with lots more marinara and a ton of fresh shredded whole milk mozz.
I made up a couple of pseudo chef salads.
Lasagna wraps onto the grill.
Heated through, the cheese melted, and starting to brown up a little....exactly how we like it. Ready to serve.
Plated up with some cheesy garlic bread and the salad. Out to the patio. YAY!! Been too long since we've eaten outside and y'all know why by now
An over abundance of cheese perhaps? Nah. No such thing. I'm terribly sorry David (
DRKsmoking
) I know how much you just LOVE avocados but there just wasn't a realistic way to incorporate them into this dish.
Sliced shot.
Hopefully the close up shot will make up for the lack of avocados
Oh my God!! These were so rich and filling it was a Herculean effort to finish one of these, but I somehow managed to get through two of them before passing out. This is another one that I know isn't traditional Italian in the sense of compilation but the flavors and concept were 100% legit. It's just impossible to beat everything being homemade: the pasta, the marinara, and the sausage. It just does not get any better than that. One thing is for sure though, this is not a meal for the lactose intolerant It was however a fun dish to put together and even more fun sitting down to eat. Sure was nice to enjoy some patio time also. Oh well, thanks once again if you managed to brave this one to the end. Went through the pasta process for Brian because he's been asking for a while.
Done now. Y'all take care and see everybody soon.
Robert
BrianGSDTexoma
) you've mentioned a few times recently that you miss the homemade pasta dishes. Well my friend, this one is for you buddy As hot as it's been recently it's been difficult to get motivated to do much of anything except hang out in the pool sipping margaritas. We finally got a reprieve a couple days ago and the temp dropped to 98. We broke out the fur parkas, turned the furnace on, and I decided to make some fresh Semolina pasta, the recipe which I got from our good friend
sawhorseray
and it is flawless. Perfect pasta every time and WAY better than store bought.Only had 2 eggs so just a half batch. It was enough for two meals though. The dough ball.
Portioned out two 115 gram balls to roll into lasagna.
Here are the two sheets of pasta.
Hang on the drying rack for a bit.
Trim both pieces of pasta so they are more consistent then cut in half. Add marinara and the 4 cheeses.
Defrost a package of my homemade sweet Italian sausage.
I made relief cuts in the sausages so they would lay flat then sliced lengthwise. Into a skillet with a little oil.
When the sausage is lightly cooked, lay a piece on each length of lasagna.
Roll them up gently and place into a baking dish.
Cover with lots more marinara and a ton of fresh shredded whole milk mozz.
I made up a couple of pseudo chef salads.
Lasagna wraps onto the grill.
Heated through, the cheese melted, and starting to brown up a little....exactly how we like it. Ready to serve.
Plated up with some cheesy garlic bread and the salad. Out to the patio. YAY!! Been too long since we've eaten outside and y'all know why by now
An over abundance of cheese perhaps? Nah. No such thing. I'm terribly sorry David (
DRKsmoking
) I know how much you just LOVE avocados but there just wasn't a realistic way to incorporate them into this dish.
Sliced shot.
Hopefully the close up shot will make up for the lack of avocados
Oh my God!! These were so rich and filling it was a Herculean effort to finish one of these, but I somehow managed to get through two of them before passing out. This is another one that I know isn't traditional Italian in the sense of compilation but the flavors and concept were 100% legit. It's just impossible to beat everything being homemade: the pasta, the marinara, and the sausage. It just does not get any better than that. One thing is for sure though, this is not a meal for the lactose intolerant
It was however a fun dish to put together and even more fun sitting down to eat. Sure was nice to enjoy some patio time also. Oh well, thanks once again if you managed to brave this one to the end. Went through the pasta process for Brian because he's been asking for a while.Done now. Y'all take care and see everybody soon.
Robert
